Swing



July 27, 1943. c, H. WILLIAMS 2,325,456

SWING Filed Jan 11, 1940 Patented July 27, 1943 N ED;

Thi invention relates to an improved swing and seeks, among other objects, to provide adevice of this character which willbe particularly adapted for, useby children on; play rounds.

Another object of. the. invention "is do provide a swing which is capable of use in three different ways for providing amusement and exercise.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a swing wherein improved means is employed for effecting support of said swing at its opposite ends.

A further object of the invention is to provide a swing having a seat or bar in the form of a single pole, which pole may, if desired, be coated with rosin or the like to prevent slipping.

As a still further object, the invention seeks, in a modified embodiment, to provide resilient supporting means for the seat or bar.

Other objects of the invention not mentioned hereinbefore will become apparent during the Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved end supports which form a part of my swing.-

The end supports I and 2 are of identical construction so that a description of one will suflice for both. As will be seen in Figure l, the end supports 1 and 2 are located in opposing, or facmg, spaced relation. The support I, for example, includes side members 3 and 4 which are inclined outwardly toward their lower ends. support I also includes a rearwardly inclined supporting member 5. It will be seen that the support I is, therefore, of substantially triangular shape in side elevation. The members 3, 4 and 5 are connected at their corresponding ends by a head 6 which is of one-piece construction and includes sockets l for receiving the upper ends of said members 3, 4 and 5. The sockets are, of course, disposed in a downward direction and The.

' in the proper positionfor receivingthe members.

The head 6 also includes a horizontall disposed socket 8 which is for the purpose of receiving one end of a suspensionbar 9. The suspension bar 9,. as clearly seen in Figure':2,=.is of-hollowconstruction. andextends betweenthe supports 5 and 2, being anchoredin the-socket 8 0i the head 6 of each of the supports.

A cylindrical swing seat or bar is indicated at 0. The bar In is relatively large and is of circular formation in cross section. The bar may be of solid wood construction or of hollow metal construction, as desired. The bar II] has a pair of annular bands or clips ll surrounding the same in spaced relation to the opposite ends of the bar. The clips II are each provided with an attaching ring l2. 2 of the drawing, a ball and'socket member I3 and [3' is mounted on the suspension bar 9, the socket member being provided with a bolt l3" which extends through the suspension bar 9 for engagement with a nut l4. As will be seen, one of the ball and socket members is mounted on the suspension bar 9 near each end thereof. Downwardly converging chains l5 connect the attaching rings [2 with the ball members [3 so that the bar [0 will be mounted for swinging movement on the suspension bar 9.

When my improved swingis in operation, it is capable of use in three different ways. First, the bar may be swung back and forth in an are at right angles to the length of the swing. Any desired number of persons may swing upon the bar ill as desired, depending entirely on the length of the bar. Second, the bar [0 may be swung endwise. That is to say, through an are on substantially the same plane with the length of the swing. When the device is used in this manner, as many persons as desired may be supported on the bar IE1. The third possible manner of using the swing is as follows: A person may be seated on the bar I 0 at the center thereof and, by an upward swing and sidewise twist, cause the swing to spring up and down and twist from side to side. This movement will simulate that of a balking horse. When the device is being used in this manner, a child can exercise his or her legs and body in a highly effective manner. The device will, of course, be entertaining to children. v V

In the slightly modified embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3, the numeral [6 indicates the suspension bar and the numeral I! the seat bar. The suspension bar l6 carries a bolt 18 which has mounted on its lower end a ball As best shown in Figure and socket member l9 similar in construction to th ball and socket member shown in Figure 2 of thedrawing. A nut 20 is carried'on the upper end of the bolt. A spring 2| surrounds the bolt it; between the nut 20 and the bar I6. A bolt Zl is passed through the end of the bar I0 and is s provided with a terminal head perforated trans- I A nut versely to form an attaching eye or ring.22. 23 is carried at the lower end of the bolt, and said bolt has-aspring 24 thereabout and between the nut 23 and 'the'lower surface of th bar H A V chain 25 extends betweenthe eye of the head 22 and the ball andrsocket member [9. The springs 2| and 24 will, in use, provide greater resilience for the bar 10 so that, when the device is being used by one person to simulate a balkingah'orse, greater springing action will be assured. Atten tion is directed to the factith'atithei'b'ar f'fl'may be covered with rosin or wax, or left plain, asldesired. s

As shown in Figure 4, the head 6 maybe (if multissecti'on construction. That is z'tozsay, the

mead fof embodimentfincludes sections'ifi and =6 which :are :adapted ltoibereonnected to :m'ating sectionszon 'the opposite :side ofnthe head iso that said Fh'ead iWill zinclude rfourr'sections 'ior elements. Thersectionsiii arecconnectedzto their matingrdiametrically :disposed tlportionsiby 29.715 11; :6 3

the sections 6 are connected to their diametrically disposed sections by bolts 6 The sections 6 and 6*, together with their corresponding mating sections, are connected together by a bolt 6 5 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A swing comprising spaced supports, a suspension bar connecting said supports, an elongated cylindrical seat member, bolts extending 10 transversely through the opposite ends of the 'sea-t member and having their upper ends provided with attaching eyes and their lower ends threaded, nuts engaging the threaded ends of the bolts, springs interposed between the nuts and said seat member, ball and socket members tmomitedsonithe suspension bar, and downwardly converging chains having their lower ends conne'cteii with-theaeittaching eyes and their upper ends =operatively connected with the ball and 20 socket members, said seat member being mounted on tlresusmridon 'rohams ito move in :an are at a ightrang-les ate-the werticalaplane :iof t'he length 7 :of zsaid suspension ibar or 1 in the same vertical plane ltherwith and bing ishittable upwardly 3- and twistable siliewise to simulate fa "'b'alking inors'e.

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